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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 




i=>ERSONALLY-GONDUCTED 



TOUFRS. 



1899-1900. 



Matchless in every rEATURE. 



Personally-Conducted 



TOURS. 



1899-1900. 



Pennsylvania Railroad. 



J. R. WOOD, Geo. W. BOYD, 

Gefi'i Pass. Agetit. Ass't 6V«V Pass. Ageftt. 



PRESS OK 

ALLEN, LANE & SCOTT, 

PHILADELPHIA. 






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11-13-99. — 1250. \ 



" Pennsylvania Railroad 
TOURS. 



'^r^HE Personally-Conducted Tourist System of the 
-i- Pennsylvania Railroad Company continues the 
most comi^lete and elaborate system of pleasure 
traveling and sightseeing yet devised. Time but em- 
phasizes this claim. Special trains of the most per- 
fect appointment are provided, in which the tour- 
ists live eii route as comfortably as in their own 
homes ; Tourist Agents of experience and ability 
have charge of the trains and parties, looking after 
all transfers, carriage drives, and hotel accommoda- 
tions ; and Chaperons, introduced out of special re- 
gard for the welfare and comfort of the ladies, also 
accompany the parties. Special Baggage Masters 
have entire charge of the transfer of baggage be- 
tween trains and hotels and its safe delivery at 
destination. 

By the introduction of these exclusive features all 
of the perplexities, petty annoyances, and personal 
discomforts incident to individual traveling are elim- 
inated. Tourists enter the cars of the special train 
as they would enter their own drawing rooms, and, 



without care for baggage or thought of train con- 
nections, are carried rapidly and comfortably through 
to their destination. Whether this be Washington, 
Old Point Comfort, Florida, Canada, Mexico, or 

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OBSERVATION CAR, " GOLDEN GATE SPECIAL 



California, the plan of sightseeing is already mapped 
out for them, and without confusion or unnecessary 
delay they visit the principal points of interest and 
see them to the best advantage. At the hotels they 
find all arrangements previously made, their rooms 
reserved and assigned, and their comfort guaranteed. 

This is the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Per- 
sonally-Conducted Tourist System, without question 
the most perfect system of its kind in existence ; for, 
from its extended experience in transportation and 
its long and careful study of passenger traffic, the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company is in a position to 
appreciate and supply all the needs of tourist travel. 
The generous patronage which the traveling public 
has hitherto accorded these tours attests their grow- 
ing popularity. The tours have been projected into 
the most attractive sections of the land, the most 
pleasing routes chosen, and the rates and conditions 
of the tickets made on the most liberal bases. 

For the season of 1899-1900 one tour has been ar- 
ranged to Mexico and California ; three to Florida ; 
six to Old Point Comfort, Richmond, and Washing- 
ton ; six from New York to Washington ; seven 
from Boston to Washington ; one from Central Penn- 
sylvania to Washington ; and one to Gettysburg, 
Luray, and Washington. 




EXICO and 

CALIFORNIA. 



) OR centuries prior to the dis- 
covery of America by the 



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^ immortal Genoan, Mexico 
had a semi-civilization pe- 
culiarly her own. Ruins 
of her Aztec temples and 
monuments are still to be 
seen beside the palaces of 
her modern prosperity. 
These evidences of a prehistoric culture and relig- 
ious intensity, intermingled with the natural pic- 
turesqueness of the country, make Mexico surpass- 
ingly interesting to travelers ; and a tour which 
embraces this mystery-laden land together with the 
charming climate and rich verdure of California 
cannot but prove doubly interesting. 

The tour to Mexico and California is scheduled 
to leave New York and Philadelphia Tuesday, Feb- 
ruary 13. It will return by March 29, thus covering 
a period of forty-five days, fourteen days of which 
will be spent in Mexico, and nineteen in California. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Personally-Conducted 
Tour of 1899, through California, was so arranged 
that the "Golden Gate Special" was used over the 
entire route, leaving it only at those points where 

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magnificent hotels of world-wide fame offered attrac- 
tions equal to those of the special train. This ar- 
rangement placed the palatial train at the disposal of 
the tourists at all times, and it was the first California 
tour ever projected which included this important 
feature. The train was run on a special schedule 
adapted to the particular needs of the tourists. The 
advantages of these original features enabled tourists 
to cover as much territory as they could in twice the 
time by regular trains, besides enjoying the luxurious 
accommodations which the special train afforded. 
Stops were made at all desirable points en route 
and ample time allotted for their satisfactory inspec- 
tion. The schedule was so arranged that the pictur- 
esque points along the line were passed by daylight. 

Previous experience with tours through California 
had shown that during the height of the season it 
was difficult, at some of the most attractive points, 
to secure satisfactory accommodations at hotels, 
owing to their crowded condition. By having the 
special train in service at all times through Cali- 
fornia, the tourists were rendered entirely inde- 
pendent in this respect. 

The tour of 1900, to Mexico and California, will 
be similar in this respect to that of 1899, through 
California, and on account of the great popularity of 
these exclusive features early application for accom- 
modations on the special train is recommended. 

The various points visited, time allowed, and tour 
features included in the ticket are as follows : — 

All meals in dining car, except where otherwise 



noted ; berth in Pullman sleeping car on the special 
train over the entire route ; transfer of passengers 
and baggage to and from hotels. San Antonio, six 
hours. Monterey, eight hours. Tampico, one day. 
Guanajuato, six hours. Guadalajara, one day. Quere- 
taro, one day. City of Mexico and vicinity, five days. 
Trip to Cuernavaca, one day. Aguascalientes, four 
hours. Los Angeles, two days ; locate at Hotel Van 
Nuys. San Diego, two days ; locate at Hotel del 
Coronado. Riverside, four hours; carriage drive. 
Pasadena, two days ; carriage drive. Santa Barbara, 
one day ; carriage drive. San Jose, one day ; trip 
up Mount Hamilton to Lick Observatory. Del 
Monte, two days ; locate at Hotel del Monte. Vera 
Cruz, five hours ; carriage drive. Palo Alto, three 
hours ; carriage drive. San Francisco, five full days ; 
locate at Palace Hotel. Salt Lake City, eight hours ; 
carriage drive. Glenwood Springs, two hours. Colo- 
rado Springs, one and one-half days ; carriage drive. 
Denver, seven hours ; carriage drive ; dinner at 
Brown Palace Hotel. Chicago, eight and two-thirds 
hours ; luncheon at Auditorium Hotel. 

Round-trip rates, including all of the above-named 
features : $555 from Boston ; $550 from New York, 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington ; 1545 from 
Pittsburg. 

The party will travel, over the entire route, by 
the " IMexico and California Special.''' 

This special train is unquestionably the finest train 
that crosses the continent. It is composed of Pull- 
man Vestibule Baggage, Composite, Dining, Sleep 



ing, Compartment, and Observation cars, equipped, 
in addition to the ordinary Pullman conveniences, 
with a smoking saloon, refreshment buffet, bath 
room, barber shop, and a piano. All of these cars 
are rich in their furnishings and luxurious in their 
appointments ; in fact, the train is a veritable hotel 
on wheels, affording every convenience and luxury 
of the best modern hostelries. A maid accompanies 
the train, ready to render any assistance to the ladies 
of the party. 

The entire train is heated by steam, and lighted by 
electricity furnished by a dynamo in the forward end 
of the composite car. 

This tour furnishes the most comfortable and sat- 
isfactory method of visiting Mexico and the Pacific 
coast. All the trials of a trans-continental journey 
are eliminated and traveling becomes an unalloyed 
pleasure. 




FLORIDA. 

HE three tours to Florida will leave 
New York and Philadelphia February 
6 and 20, and March 6. 

The distinctive features of 
these tours are the elegant spe- 
cial trains, the liberality of the 
rates and the return limit of 
- / tickets, and the freedom of move- 
ment allowed tourists after arri- 
val at Jacksonville. 
Each party will be transported from New York to 
Jacksonville by a special train, or special cars on 
regular trains, in direct charge of a Tourist Agent, 
who, assisted by a Chaperon, will relieve the tourists 
of all the incidental cares of a long trip. At Jack- 
sonville the parties will leave the special train, and 
until the date set for their return may dispose of their 
time as they choose. The first two tours admit of a 
stay of two weeks in the Flowery State, the first tour 
leaving Jacksonville returning February 22, and the 
second March 8. These tours will all return by 
special trains, or special cars on regular trains. The 
tickets for the third tour are valid to return by reg- 
ular trains until May 31, 1900. 

Excursion tickets from New York for these tours 
will be sold at I50.00 ; Philadelphia, $48.00 ; and pro- 
portionate rates from other points, including trans- 
portation, and for the first two tours, Pullman 
accommodations and meals en route to Jacksonville 

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and return. Tickets will be accepted for passage only 
on the special train, or special cars, in each direction. 
Tickets for the third tour cover Pullman accom- 
modations and meals on going trip only; returning;, 
nothing but transportation on regular trains is included. 




A GLIMPSE OF TROPICAL FLORIDA. 

Florida has long been an attractive land ; but art 
and wealth have added their beautifying and refining 
touches to the native charms of the peninsula, and it 
is now a veritable Eden. In addition to its delightful 
climate, its tropical fruits and flowers, it offers unri- 
valed sport for the hunter and angler. 

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OLD POINT COMFORT, RICHMOND, 
AND WASHINGTON. 



^wa5agR^y««i#!»*'-wgiij^]3 POINT COM- 
FORT offers many 
attractions during 
the Winter season. 
Many historical as- 
sociations cluster 
around it, and these 
in addition to its 
attractive location 
make it a charming 
spot to spend a 
short vacation. 
Sheltered by the 
outlying capes, and tempered by the surrounding 
bays, its climate is superb at all seasons. 

Six tours to Old Point Comfort will leave New York 
and Philadelphia December 28, February 3, March 3 
and 31, April 14 and 28. Tourists will travel in charge 
of a Tourist Agent and Chaperon, and return on reg- 
ular trains within six days. Round-trip rates to Old 
Point Comfort alone, including luncheon going, and 
one and three-fourths days' board at the Hygeia 
Hotel, I15.00 from New York ; I13.50 from Trenton ; 




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$12.50 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates 
from other points. 

Round-trip rates (on each of the tours except 
December 28), to include Old Point Comfort, Rich- 
mond, and Washington, covering all necessary ex- 
penses, transportation, meals en route, transfers of 
passengers and baggage, hotel accommodations, and 
carriage drive around Richmond, $34.00 from New 
York; $32.50 from Trenton; $31.00 from Philadel- 
phia, and proportionate rates from other points. 



WASHINGTON 



The six tours to Washington will leave New 
York and Philadelphia December 28, January 18, 
February 15, March 15, April 10, and May 3. 




THE "white house." 

A number of additional features have been added 
to these deservedly popular tours. While the tours 
proper cover a period of three days, all tickets will 
be good to return on regular trains vxithin ten days, 

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and to stop off within this limit at Baltimore and 
Philadelphia on the return trip. 

The tours will leave Jersey City at 1.15 P. M. and 
Philadelphia at 3.12 P. M. 

As tickets for these tours will be good to stop off' 
at Philadelphia on the return trip within limit, the 
going trip will be made without stop at that point. 

Tickets including transportation for the round trip, 
transfer of passenger and ordinary baggage from 
station to hotel, and two days' accommodations at 
the Arlington, Normandie, Riggs, or Ebbitt House, 
will be sold at rate of I14.50 from New York, Brook- 
lyn, Newark, Long Branch, and Phillipsburg, N. J. ; 
$13.00 from Trenton, and $11.50 from Philadelphia. 
With two days' acconmiodations at Willard's, Na- 
tional, Metropolitan, or Regent Hotel, $12.00 from 
New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Long Branch, and 
Phillipsburg, N. J. ; $10.50 from Trenton, and $9.00 
from Philadelphia. 

Holders of tickets from Trenton and stations east 
thereof, returning with the party on the third day of the 
tour, will be furnished supper at Broad Street Station 
restaurant, Philadelphia, without additional charge. 

Each party will be accompanied by a Tourist Agent 
and Chaperon. Guide books of Washington will be 
distributed free on the train. 



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BOSTON TO WASHINGTON 



Seven tours have been arranged for from New 
England to Washington, leaving Boston via Fall 
River Line February 2, March, 2, 16, and 30, April 
13 and 27, and May 11. 

In a general way these tours are similar to those 
from New York, except that hotel accommodations 
are provided at Washington for four and three-fourths 
days. 

Rate from Boston, covering transportation, state- 
room berths, meals eii route (except on Fall River 
Line returning), transfer at Washington, and accom- 
modations for four and three-fourths days at Wil- 
lard's, Regent, National, or Metropolitan Hotel, Wash- 
ington, I25.00; with accommodations at the Riggs or 
Ebbitt House, $27.00 ; except for INIay 11, when the 
rates will be $2.00 higher in each case. Persons 
from Connecticut and other sections of New Eng- 
land that cannot join the party via Fall River Line 
can procure tickets from New York for these tours 
at 1 196 Broadway, New York, or Jersey City Station, 
at rate of |i8.oo for Willard's, &c., and $20.00 for 
Riggs House, &c. 

All of the tickets will be good to return on regular 
trains within ten days, and for stop-over within that 
limit at Baltimore and Philadelphia on the return trip. 



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SIDE TRIPS FROM WASHINGTON. 



On application to Pennsylvania Railroad ticket 
agents at Washington, holders of tickets for the 
New York and Washington and Boston and Wash- 
ington tours can purchase excursion tickets for side 
trips to Richmond, Va., at |4-oo, and to Old Point 
Comfort, Va. (all-rail route), at |6.oo. 

The agents of the Norfolk and Washington, D. C, 
Steamboat Company will sell tickets for side trips to 
Old Point Comfort or Norfolk at rate of $3.50, not in- 
cluding meals and state-room berths. 

Tickets for a trip to Mount Vernon, with admis- 
sion to the grounds, can be procured from the 
Tourist Agent at rate of seventy-five cents. 



CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TO 
WASHINGTON. 



The remarkable success of the spring tours from 
Central Pennsylvania to Washington in 1898 and 1899 
has prompted the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to 
continue them. The tour for 1900 will be run by 
special train to reach Washington about 4.20 P. M., 
Monday, April 2, 1900, and on the return trip to 
leave Washington at 3.30 P. M,, Thursday, April 5. 

Tickets to include transportation for the round 
trip, hotel accomodations for three days at Washing- 
ton, and transfer of passenger and baggage to Wash- 
ington hotels, will be sold at following rates : Scran- 
ton, I14.35; Wilkesbarre, $13.60; Williamsport, 
I12.90; Sunbury, I11.70; Renovo, $14. 50; Belle- 
fonte, $14.00; Mount Carmel, $12.50; Shamokin, 
$12.25; Altoona, I14.00 ; Harrisburg, $10.10 ; York, 
$9.30; and proportionate rates from other points. 

All tickets will be good to return from Washington 
on regular trains until Saturday, April 7. 



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GETTYSBURG, LURAY, AND 
WASHINGTON. 



The tour of May 29, 1900, from New York to Get- 
tysburg, Luray, and Washington, spending Memorial 
Day at Gettysburg, one day at Luray, and two days 
at Washington, will prove highly attractive, and the 
remarkably low rate of I25.00 from New York, ;i522.oo 
from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from other 
points, will conduce largely to its popularity. 

Tickets will include transportation for the round 
trip, hotel accommodations, carriage drive at Gettys- 
burg, and admission to the caverns at Luray, and will 
be good to return from Washington until June 7. 



Each tour will be accompanied by a Tourist Agent 
and a Chaperon. Guide books of Washington will 
be distributed free on the train. 



INESTIMABLE in its advantages to the pleasure- 
traveling public is this final evolution of a perfect 
tourist system. The joy of traveling, of sightseeing, 
of visiting famous or remote regions, is unalloyed. 
There are no distracting fears of missing train con- 
nections ; no long and tiresome lay-overs ; no changes 
of cars at untimely hours ; no hustle and bustle after 
meals ; one's train goes with him, and stops and 
waits for him while he visits points of interest en 
route ; his baggage is ever at his hand, and whether 
crossing mountains or deserts, far away from any 
human habitation, or wherever he may be, traveling 
by day or by night, he may eat his meals at regular 
hours and rise and retire as regularly as in his own 
home. That tourists appreciate all these advantages 
is evidenced by the gratifying success of former years, 
and it is anticipated that the season of 1899-1900 will 
witness no diminution in this generous patronage. 

For detailed itineraries and full information re- 
garding any of these tours apply to ticket agents ; 
Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York ; S60 Ful- 
ton Street and 4 Court Street, Brooklyn ; Thomas 
Purdy, Passenger Agent Long Branch District, New- 
ark, N.J. ; B. Courlaender, Jr., Passenger Agent Bal- 
timore District, Baltimore, Md. ; C. Studds, Passen- 
ger Agent Southeastern District, Washington, D. C. ; 
Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western District, 
Pittsburg, Pa., or address 

Geo. W. Boyd, 

Assistant General Passenger Agent, 

Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, 



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